Lights, Camera, Action! (Seize to Learn Where the Action is)

      My life in home school is just like a movie being created. In creating a movie, a lot of different elements play an important role. There are actors, directors, producers, scriptwriter, the crew, there is a set or location, and of course the audience!

      In this movie of ours that we are making right now, guess who are the actors? My brother and I are the main actors! My dad, mom and my teachers in my tutorials play the role of the director. They are the one who guides the actors like me and my brother, teaches how to act, and motivates us in every scene that we are doing. Crewmen are the people whom we are meeting in our everyday lives that make every scene realistic. And most importantly, there will be no movie without its producer and scriptwriter. This huge role is portrayed by our Heavenly God. He is the one who provided us with the resources for us to create the movie. He is also our scriptwriter who makes the scenes possible and makes changes in the script should there be trouble or mistakes that the actor would make.

      Throughout the time that we are shooting our home school movie, a lot of the places where I went were the setting of the movie and situations that I’ve seen in the movie. So hold on tight while I give you a glimpse of the behind the scenes of my Home school life Movie! And let me take you to a journey of my learning in every scene!

Scene 1

     Its 6:45 pm in the evening, a message would be heard on my mom’s phone. Messages say “Dad: Please fetch me now.  Thanks!”  I would text dad back “Tim: Okay dad, I will fetch you.”

Lights Camera Action: Seize to learn where the action is...

                #1           I learned the responsibility of fetching my own father. It is my way of giving my service to my him.

                #2           I learned that we need to work hard for us to earn money. That is why I need to be wise in spending our money.

Scene 2

     It is a cloudy Friday afternoon, “Mang Dok” our mailman, drops our water bill into our mailbox. Our mom gets the bill. She asks me and my brother to compute how much money should be paid. After receiving the money, we get in our bikes and we go straight to pay the bill to Ms. Toffee at the admin office of our village.

Lights Camera Action: Seize to learn where the action is...

                #1           I learned the importance of paying our bills on time. If I don’t pay it, then one of my utilities will become unavailable. Procrastinating is wrong.

                #2           I learned how to compute my monthly consumption and what should be paid in the bill.

Scene 3

    My mom, my brother and I are in our neighborhood bank. My mom gives me my bank booklet and some money and I give the booklet plus the money to the bank teller.

Lights Camera Action: Seize to learn where the action is...

                #1           I learned how to save my money in bank.

                #2           I learned the term deposit and withdraw.

                #3           I learned how to interact and talk with various people. I gain friends as well as learn important skills from them.

                #4           Lastly, I learned that an Automated Teller Machine is not a magical box that just gives me money whenever I want.

      Did you enjoy those scenes? Well the movie is still far from over! And it’s not coming as a sequel! My movie is an ongoing project that will go on for a long time! I do hope that when my home school movie ends and I will move on to shoot a new movie , I was able to please my Producer, our Heavenly Father. And that the movie itself will help a lot of people understand and experience the fun of being home schooled. Oh, I hear my director calling me now! Time to shoot for my next scene! Lights! Camera! Action!

“Many are the plans in a person’s heart, but it is the Lord’s purpose that prevails”

Proverbs 19: 21

-by Tim